Meeting Information
-Canvass ballots of election
The Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, Kansas met in Special Session on Friday, April 8, 2005 with Commissioners Jones and Johnson present. Commissioner McElhaney was absent. Jones called the Special Meeting to order at 9:05 A.M.
Jones made a motion to appoint former County Commissioner Dean Nieder to serve as a canvasser in the absence of Commissioner McElhaney; Johnson seconded and the motion carried.
The purpose of the Special Meeting was to canvass the results of the City/School General Election which was held on Tuesday, April 5, 2005.
Will Grammer expressed concerns regarding the reporting of the results on television towards the end of the evening.
Jamie Shew, County Clerk, explained that towards the end of the evening, the City's larger precincts came in which made the results seem to jump quickly.
Shew then reported there were 272 provisional ballots and made the following recommendations:
Recommend to Count
Change of Address -- 95
Advance mailed, but not returned -- 9
Name Change -- 7
Pollworker or Clerk's Error -- 16
Wrong Precinct -- all races same -- 35
Wrong Precinct -- not all races same -- 10
Voter Error -- 13
Total -- 185
Recommend Not to Count
Not Registered in Douglas County -- 32
No ID Provided -- 4
Voter Error -- 4
No Signature on Advanced Mail Ballot Envelope -- 46
Advanced Voter Deceased Prior to Election Day -- 1
Total -- 87
Johnson made a motion to count the one hundred eighty-five (185) provisional ballots as recommended by Shew. Motion was seconded by Jones and carried unanimously.
It should be noted that after the additional ballots were counted, the election outcome was not changed.
No errors were found.
Jones made a motion to adjourn; Johnson seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
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Charles Jones, Chairman Bob Johnson, Member
ATTEST:
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Jamie Shew, County Clerk Dean Nieder
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